Checkrein-support.



v J. LIPPS.

GHEGKREIN SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 28, 1914.

'1, 1 1 1,475, Patented Sept. 22, 191 4.

ventor Attorneys THE NORIUS PETERS DO. PHOTQ-LITHO.. WASHINGTON. D C.

the present invention UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

JQI-IN LIPPS, OF MONTOUR, IOWA! CHEQKR i -SU PQ I specificatibn ofLettersretent. 11 522; 191;

Application filed February 28, 1914. Serial No. 821,758.

To all whom it mag concern:

.Beit known that I, JOHN Lirrs, a citizen of the United States, residingat Montour, in the county of Tama and State of Iowa, have invented a newand useful Checkrein- Support, of which the following is aspecification.

The present invention relates to improvements in a check rein support,one object of being the provision of a two-part member carrying a checkrein guiding roller, such parts being normally held in guiding positionby means of the throat strap of a bridle, whereby the support may bereadily detached to permit of the easy direction or insertion of thecheck rein therein without disengaging the rein from the bridle ordisconnecting the sections thereof.

A further object of the present invention,

is the provision of a check rein support or guide, in which two membersare provided, one end of each of which is apertured and curved to fitco-eXtensively upon one another, one of said members constituting abuckle to receive the terminal of the throat strap of a bridle toproperly hold the sections together and at the same time support it fromthe bridle.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in View which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the-preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within thescope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the drawingsFigure 1 is a View in perspective showing the presentcheck rein support or guide in use. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectionalview through the complete device and the portion of the throat strapattached thereto. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the complete deviceper 86.

Referring to the drawings,the support or holder 1 includes one member 2provided with the curved and flattened apertured end 3 and with thereduced terminal 4. The other member 5 is provided with the enent devicemay be adjustably held in position. The reduced terminal 9 of the memher5 is adapted to cooperate with the reduced member 4 of the member 2 andreceive the journaling pin or rivet 10 for the check rein guiding roller11. By this means the two members are properly assembled but due to thepivot 10 are permitted sliding movement from one side to the other sothat the check rein 13 may be properly positioned therebetween withoutthenecessity of the disconnection thereof from the bit.

In use it will benoted, as in Fig. 2, that the terminal of the throatstrap 12 is fed through from the under side so as to pass over the bar 7so that one of the apertures of the strap will be upon the pin 8, theter: minal of the strap being projected upon the opposite side of thebar 7 anddownwardly below the member 2, the terminal 4 of the member 2being so curved as to permit of this arrangement, so that the roller 11will be properly supported away from the animal adjacent to the throatstrap.

What is claimed is:

1. A check rein support, composed of two members, each of which isprovided with a long terminal, and a roller journaled be tween theterminals, one of the members having a flat apertured end while theother has a buckle formed in the corresponding end, whereby the terminalof a throat strap may engage the buckle to hold the members together.

2. A check rein support composed of two members, each of which isprovided with a long terminal, a j ournaling pin holding the longterminals together, whereby the members may swing with the pines theaxis, and a roller mounted upon the pin and disposed between theterminals and holding such terminals spaced, one of the membersbeingprovided with a flat apertured end while the other member is providedwith a buckle for disposition adjacent the apertured end my own, I havehereto aifixed my signature of the other member, and whereby the teIrinthe presence of two Witnesses. minal of'a throat strap may engage t ebuckle and the under side .of the apertured. JOHN LIPPS' 5 end of theother member to hold the mem- Witnesses: V bers against swingingmovement. J. A. HARVEY In testimony that I claim the foregoing as J. M.BUCHANAN.

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Washington, D. 0;

